<span id="midArticle_start"/><span id="midArticle_0"/>KAMPALA, May 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Washington hasthe highest infant mortality rate of all the world's richestcapitals, according to a survey highlighting the failure of theworld's wealthiest country to prevent high rates of child deathsamong its poorest citizens.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>Save the Children said in a study on Tuesday that 6.6 babiesdie per 1,000 live births in Washington, making the U.S. capitalthe most dangerous city in the developed world to be born.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>In contrast, only 1.6 babies die per 1,000 live births inthe Czech capital Prague, which topped the charity's indexmeasuring child survival in the world's wealthiest capitals.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>Prague was followed by Stockholm, Oslo, Tokyo and Lisbon.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>The headline figure for Washington masked huge disparitiesbetween rich and poor.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>Babies born in Ward Eight, just 6 km (4 miles) from theWhite House, were 10 times more likely to die before their firstbirthday than babies born in the city's most affluent WardThree, the study showed.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>"It's survival of the richest," said Carolyn Miles, chiefexecutive of Save the Children USA, in a statement.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>Unemployment, poverty and murder rates in Ward Eight, where93 percent of the population of 71,000 are black, are among thenation's highest.
<span id="midArticle_8"/>"The underlying health of mothers... in these poorcommunities is not good," Miles told the Thomson ReutersFoundation in an interview.
<span id="midArticle_9"/>"High rates of diabetes and high rates of obesity contributeto these women having more pre-term babies."
<span id="midArticle_10"/>Typically, at risk babies are born to single mothers wholive in subsidised housing, Ward said. They often do not knowabout the risks of childbirth and do not get sufficientpre-natal care.
<span id="midArticle_11"/>"Community outreach and community engagement with pregnantmoms is really something that has worked in other places - andwe need more of that in Washington DC," she said.
<span id="midArticle_12"/><span id="midArticle_13"/>SOMALIA WORST COUNTRY FOR MOTHERS
<span id="midArticle_14"/>The United States as a whole performed poorly in Save theChildren's annual flagship State of the World's Mothers report,slipping two places to number 33 out of 179 countries surveyed.
<span id="midArticle_15"/>Norway came first, from second place in 2014, scoring highlyon all five indicators: maternal and child health, children'saccess to education and women's political and economic status.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>The worst country to be a mother was Somalia, for the secondyear running. Almost 15 percent of Somali children do not liveto see their fifth birthday, the charity said.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>The United States had the highest maternal death rates inthe developed world. American women face a 1 in 1,800 risk ofmaternal death compared to less than 1 in 19,000 in Poland.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>"An American woman is more than 10 times as likely to die inpregnancy or childbirth as a Polish woman," Save the Childrensaid in a statement.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>The United States has the highest healthcare costs in theworld, according to a 2014 study by The Commonwealth Fund, a NewYork-based research foundation.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>Some 37 percent of Americans skipped a recommended test,treatment or medication in the last year because of its cost,compared to four percent in Britain, it found.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>People rely on health insurance to recover money spent onhealthcare. But 12 percent of Americans do not have healthinsurance, according to an April poll by Gallup.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>However there has been some progress since the AffordableCare Act was passed in 2010 to insure more Americans and slowthe growth in healthcare spending by giving tax subsidies tohelp poorer Americans buy private health insurance.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>In the five years since the law was passed, the number ofuninsured Americans has fallen by more than 11 million to 37million from 48.6 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Controland Prevention says. (Reporting by Katy Migiro; Editing by Katie Nguyen)
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<span id="midArticle_1"/>Save the Children said in a study on Tuesday that 6.6 babiesdie per 1,000 live births in Washington, making the U.S. capitalthe most dangerous city in the developed world to be born.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>In contrast, only 1.6 babies die per 1,000 live births inthe Czech capital Prague, which topped the charity's indexmeasuring child survival in the world's wealthiest capitals.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>Prague was followed by Stockholm, Oslo, Tokyo and Lisbon.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>The headline figure for Washington masked huge disparitiesbetween rich and poor.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>Babies born in Ward Eight, just 6 km (4 miles) from theWhite House, were 10 times more likely to die before their firstbirthday than babies born in the city's most affluent WardThree, the study showed.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>"It's survival of the richest," said Carolyn Miles, chiefexecutive of Save the Children USA, in a statement.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>Unemployment, poverty and murder rates in Ward Eight, where93 percent of the population of 71,000 are black, are among thenation's highest.
<span id="midArticle_8"/>"The underlying health of mothers... in these poorcommunities is not good," Miles told the Thomson ReutersFoundation in an interview.
<span id="midArticle_9"/>"High rates of diabetes and high rates of obesity contributeto these women having more pre-term babies."
<span id="midArticle_10"/>Typically, at risk babies are born to single mothers wholive in subsidised housing, Ward said. They often do not knowabout the risks of childbirth and do not get sufficientpre-natal care.
<span id="midArticle_11"/>"Community outreach and community engagement with pregnantmoms is really something that has worked in other places - andwe need more of that in Washington DC," she said.
<span id="midArticle_12"/><span id="midArticle_13"/>SOMALIA WORST COUNTRY FOR MOTHERS
<span id="midArticle_14"/>The United States as a whole performed poorly in Save theChildren's annual flagship State of the World's Mothers report,slipping two places to number 33 out of 179 countries surveyed.
<span id="midArticle_15"/>Norway came first, from second place in 2014, scoring highlyon all five indicators: maternal and child health, children'saccess to education and women's political and economic status.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>The worst country to be a mother was Somalia, for the secondyear running. Almost 15 percent of Somali children do not liveto see their fifth birthday, the charity said.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>The United States had the highest maternal death rates inthe developed world. American women face a 1 in 1,800 risk ofmaternal death compared to less than 1 in 19,000 in Poland.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>"An American woman is more than 10 times as likely to die inpregnancy or childbirth as a Polish woman," Save the Childrensaid in a statement.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>The United States has the highest healthcare costs in theworld, according to a 2014 study by The Commonwealth Fund, a NewYork-based research foundation.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>Some 37 percent of Americans skipped a recommended test,treatment or medication in the last year because of its cost,compared to four percent in Britain, it found.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>People rely on health insurance to recover money spent onhealthcare. But 12 percent of Americans do not have healthinsurance, according to an April poll by Gallup.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>However there has been some progress since the AffordableCare Act was passed in 2010 to insure more Americans and slowthe growth in healthcare spending by giving tax subsidies tohelp poorer Americans buy private health insurance.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>In the five years since the law was passed, the number ofuninsured Americans has fallen by more than 11 million to 37million from 48.6 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Controland Prevention says. (Reporting by Katy Migiro; Editing by Katie Nguyen)
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